rax

1. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To stretch; stretch out.Examples: "Shoeless, he stood naked on his toes, his arms raxed upwards."Northern-EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitive

2. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To reach out; reach or attain to.Northern-EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitive

3. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, transitive) To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.Examples: "Please rax me the pitcher."; "Wha the mischief set him on reading me? I'm sure he could never read onything in a dacent-like way since he was cleckit—rax me the Queen, and I'll let you hear a bit that will gar your hearts dinnle again—rax me the Queen, I say."Northern-EnglandScotlandUKdialectaltransitive

4. (UK, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, intransitive) To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain somethingNorthern-EnglandScotlandUKdialectalintransitive

5. (UK, dialectal, chiefly Scotland, intransitive) To stretch after sleep.ScotlandUKdialectalintransitive